Window-pane fastener.



W. G. KUETERL WINDOW PANB FASTBNER. APPLICATION FILED APR. 22. 1909.

98,957. r Patented Feb. 8, 1910.

WILLIAM G. KUETER, 0F PLYMOUTH, WISCONSIN.

WINDOW-PANE FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed Apri1 22, 1909.

Patented Feb. 8, 1910.

Serial No. 491,456.

To all whom it may cancer 12 Be it known that LVVILLIAM G. KUETER, acitizen of the United States, residing at Plymouth, in the county ofSheboygan, State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Window- Pane Fasteners; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

The present invention relates to improvements in window pane fasteners,and it has for its principal object the provision of an extremelysimple, inexpensive, and efiicient device of the type specified, by:means of which a pane of .glass may be readily inserted in position in awindow-sash and held in place without the use of putty, and subsequentlyremoved in the event of any injury thereto.

To this end, the invention, briefly described, comprises a fasteningstrip of nar row sheet metal creased longitudinally to form two mainwings, which are subsequently folded flat against each other to pr0-vide a body portion of double thickness, one of the main leaves beingformed with a longitudinal flange arranged at right angles thereto andadapted for disposition against the outer face of the pane of glass, theother main leaf having its outer longitudinal edge projecting beyond theplane of the flange and adapted for disposition between the edge of thepane and the adjacent wall of the rabbet formed in the sash rail.

The preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, wherein,

Figure 1 is a fragmental front elevation of a window sash showing theapplication of the invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged transverse sectiontaken on the line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail perspectiveview of one of the fastening strips. Fig. 4.- is a plain view of a blankfrom which one of said strips is constructed, showing the lines alongwhich the blank is folded.

Reference being had to said drawings, and to the designating numeralsmarked thereupon, 5 and 6 indicate, respectively, the top and left handside rails of a window-sash of any preferred construction, each of saidrails being formed with rabbets 7 against whose glass-receiving walls 8the pane of glass 9 is placed, in the ordinary manner ner. This strip isfirst bent or creased longitudinally upon the line a-b, Fig. 4, to formtwo main leaves 11 and 12, the leaves being folded flat against eachother to form a body portion of double thickness. The leaf 12 is thenbent or creased longitudinally on the line ab, thus dividing said leafinto two leaves 12 and 15. The outer leaf 15 is then folded into aposition at right angles to the plane of the inner leaf 12, said outerleaf forming a flange, which term will be hereinafter applied thereto.The width of the main leaf 11 is greater than that of the leaf 12, andhence the outer or free longitudinal edge of the first mentioned leafprojects throughout its entire length beyond the plane of the flange 15,as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, this projecting portion, which is designatedby the numeral 16, likewise serving as a flange, as will be a parent.The body portion of the complete strip is then perforated, as indicatedby the numeral 17 In applying a strip after the pane of glass has beenpositioned in the usual manner upon the glass receiving walls 8 of therabbets, as above stated, the projecting edge portion or flange 16 isinserted between one edge of the pane and the adjacent outer wall of therabbet, and the strip then forced inwardly until the flange 15 restsupon the outer face of the pane, as shown in Fig. 2. The strip is thenfastened in place by means of small nails 19 which are driven throughthe perforations 17 and into the body of the sash. Thus it will be seenthat the forma tion of the flanges 15 and 16 has the effect of producinga wind and water proof joint between the sash and the panes, and alsothat the latter is securely held against rattling. It will further beapparent that in the event of any injury to the pane, it may be readilyremoved by merely withdrawing the nails 19, whereupon the fasteners arefreed.

What is claimed, is 1- 1. A window pane fastener comprising a sheetmetal strip creased longitudlnally to form two main leaves, said leavesbeing folded flat against each other to provide a body portion of doublethickness, one of said main leaves being creased longitudinally and theouter of the two leaves thus formed bent at right angles to the innerleaf, to provide a. longitudinal flange adapted for disposition againstthe outer face of the pane, the other main leaf having its outerlongitudinal edge projecting beyond the plane of said flange, to providea flange portion adapted for disposltion against the adjacent edge" faceof the pane, the body portion of said strip having a series ofperforations formed therein through Which fastening devices are arrangedto be passed.

2. A Window pane fastener comprising a body portion of double thicknessadapted for disposition against one of the Walls of a rabbeted Windowsash ;v and a pair of integral flanges arranged at right angles to eachother, one of said flanges being adapted for disposition against theouter face of the pane, and the other flange for insertion between saidWall and the adjacent edge face of the pane. I

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature, in presence of twoWitnesses.

' WVILLIAM G. KUETER. Witnesses:

H. J. ROONEY, AGNES ROONEY.

